The Les Cedres Solar PV Park Battery Energy Storage System is a 9,000kW energy storage project located in Reunion.
The electro-chemical battery energy storage project uses lithium-ion as its storage technology. The project was commissioned in 2015.
Description
The Les Cedres Solar PV Park Battery Energy Storage System was developed by Akuo Energy. The project is owned by Akuo Energy (100%).
The key applications of the project are renewables capacity firming and renewables energy time shift.
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By GlobalDataAkuo Energy has delivered the battery energy storage project.
Additional information
The system includes a programmable logical controller (PLC) that helps balance power generation with load requirements, dispatching the power to the grid according to power demand and quality requirements.
About Akuo Energy
Akuo Energy SAS (Akuo Energy) is a renewable energy company that develops, finances, builds and operates renewable energy power plants. The company offers services such as project management, engineering, procurement and construction; and operation and maintenance of renewable energy power plants. It generates power using renewable energy sources such as hydro energy, ocean thermal energy conversion, biomass, wind energy and solar energy. The company has operations in the UAE, Turkey, Indonesia, Luxembourg, the US, Uruguay, Croatia, Poland, Bulgaria, Australia, Dominican Republic and Mongolia. Akuo Energy is headquartered in Paris, France.
Methodology
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